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Next meeting, “Will you marry me?”

Marriage:  Essential to society or an outmoded concept? May 22, 7:PM   Howard Miller Community Center 14 S. Church Street. Zeeland. For details, click meetings in the above menu or: :http://www.ottawacountypatriots.org/2011/03/meetings/     Previous post

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Stand your ground – 2nd amendment right or license to kill?

Was the media hype over the Trayvon shooting a thinly veiled attempt to remove 2nd amendment rights?  Be sure to listen to part one and part two: Part one, “I won’t back down” Upload MP3 and download MP3 using free MP3 hosting from Tindeck. Part two, ” I won’t back down” Upload MP3 and download [...]

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Park Drain II -DEQ

The continuing saga of the Park Township drain.   Is the DEQ and a finding of environmental impact the only impediment to the project? Will the Park Township Trustees change their mind or is the stake in the ground too deep and is the November election the only recourse for voters?    Be sure to [...]

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Facebook anyone?

Attend our next meeting to learn h0w, what to do and what not to do. Details:  http://www.ottawacountypatriots.org/2011/03/meetings/         Previous post:        

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College students – Hope for the future

Students at a local college were asked about college loans, future job prospects and their thoughts on possible government bailout for student loans.   I think you’ll agree these students are not exactly the typification of the Occupy Wall Street group.    They certainly give a reason for older Americans to be optimistic for the [...]

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Visitor comments

I’d like to draw your attention to the comment found under the post announcing our next meeting where Steve Goreham will present information relative to climate change.   Note that anyone can post here.  Rarely is a post censored and to my knowledge no “approval” is required.   An exception might be wordpress (blog system) [...]

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Is Mankind Really Destroying Earth’s Climate?

Ottawa County Patriots to host climate researcher and author, Steve Goreham Mar 27, 7:PM Howard Miller Community Center 14 S. Church St.  Zeeland, MI The News Media bombards us daily withwarnings about the dire consequences of climatechange. Rising seas, hurricanes, droughts and floods are projected results of man-made global warming.  Political leaders, academics, scientists, and [...]

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Freedom of Religion Rally March 23, 2012

Calder Plaza, Grand Rapids,  Noon to 1:30 Ottawa County Patriots will participate with many other groups as part of a Nation-wide effort to rally against the Abrogation of  Religious Freedom and Freedom of Conscience as guaranteed  under the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution. The Event is called the 1st Annual Freedom of Religion Rally. We [...]

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Hollanders speak on the price of gasoline

For your listening pleasure, lets see what some West MI residents have to say about the price of gas.   I’ve interjected some comments on Exxon Mobil profit and gasoline tax, but here’s a thought to ponder.    2-3 yrs ago, the price of gas was roughly half what it is today, yet the price [...]

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Straw vote results

Tues, Feb 21.  Ottawa County Patriot members participated in a non binding straw vote for candidates vying for the US Senate seat currently held by Debbie Stabenow. Results of that staw vote are as follows 1st – Randy Hekman –  29% of vote 2nd – Gary Glenn –  28% of vote 3rd – Pete Hoekstra [...]

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Clark Durant interview

Because Clark was not able to attend out Jan 24th forum a separate one man forum was held via phone.  Clark was on video tape at his end of the phone conversation and answered the same questions with the same time restrictions as the other candidates. Note that a video of the Jan 24 forum [...]

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Video of Jan 24th candidate forum

After a long and arduous upload, here is a link to the forum video.   I will also post this on the page “candidate vetting.  Note there are a number of other audio and video sources in addition to candidate websites, finance filings and more. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amcDOyDaT3Q&feature=youtu.be  

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